Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Conferences, In-House Seminars & .........__Conferences & WorkshopsThe conference brought together stakeholders from the government, private sector, trade unions, internationalorganizations, and, the research community.Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network Fourth General MeetingHotel Galadari, Colombo, 13-17 JuneThe Fourth General Meeting of the Poverty andEconomic Policy (PEP) Research Networkorganized by the IPS in collaboration with theInternational Development Research Centre(IDRC), Canada, Angelo King Institute, De La SalleUniversity, Philippines, and the University ofLaval, Canada was inaugurated on 13 June, at theHotel Galadari, Colombo. Hon. SarathAmunugama, Minister of Finance was the ChiefGuest and Hon. Wiswa Warnapala, DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs was the Guest ofHonour at the Inauguration of the conference.Over 150 researchers from over 40 countriesparticipated in this event. A number of papers on awide range of topics related to poverty, based onexperiences from several countries were presentedand discussed at the conference.Executive Director with Hon. Minister of Finance, SarathAmunugama and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, WiswaWarnapala at the Inauguration Ceremony of the “Poverty andEconomic Policy Research Network Fourth General Meeting”,Hotel Galadari, 13 June.WTO Doha Round and South Asia: Linking Civil Society with Trade NegotiationsHotel Galadari, Colombo, 22 SeptemberThe IPS organized an international conference on“WTO Doha Round and South Asia: Linking CivilSociety with Trade Negotiations” in Colombo on22 September in the run up to the forthcomingSixth WTO Ministerial Meeting scheduled to beheld in Hong Kong in December 2005.The event touched on areas of agriculture, nonagriculturemarket access, services, tradefacilitation and development dimensions of theDoha Agenda. Papers were presented from Nepal,Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh,respectively on each of the issues.The participants included representatives of thegovernment, civil society organizations, businesscommunity and the academia.Jayanthi Thennakoon making a presentation at the conferenceon “WTO Doha Round and South Asia: Linking Civil Societywith Trade Negotiations”, Hotel Galadari, 22 September.40__________ Annual Report 2005